Thank you for the replies! She is definitely not overweight/over conditioned but I guess genetic wise she just gains fat in the pone area and just doesn’t have that rib shape that some judges want. I already feed her Bermuda hay & I will give what you suggested a try!
Only in our second year of showing. We have a 17 month old beefmaster who is 60 days bred & eats about 12lbs of show feed a day mixed from a local dealer & hay. We were told yesterday her far pones (hopefully I’m saying that right) are too big but her middle is too flat sided & needs to be...
Yes, pretty days I kick them out of the barn and don't allow them access to the hay but days that it's really cold or rainy I give them access to come and go. How much hay should I give her after she does not finish her food? a flake, or all she wants?
We have a 10 month old beefmaster heifer that we just can’t get to consume enough grain. We feed a show mix from a local feed store that is very popular. We can only get her to consume 12lbs a day & that does not happen every day. Here is what we do.
6lbs of feed plus sure champ at 5:30am...
We have a just turned 7 months old Beefmaster that we have had 3 weeks. Like I said in a previous post, this is our first year showing. I might have moved a little two fast with her because she was doing so great. She was no trouble to break in the beginning she just started leading. We even...
I swear she is the most stubborn thing I have ever met lol. I will try the tying up & leading to water. Was thinking of buying the spike chain for under her chin when leading her but don’t know much about them or if they have been successful in getting them to lead.
First year showing and we have a Brahman Heifer that is about a year old. My daughter is 9 years old & Everything was going great and she was leading good & had been to about 4 shows. She has always been an "only cow" up until about two weeks ago when my other daughter got her young heifer. Ever...